Several good statistics, such as the failure of US workers to participate in the increase of productivity (more in the last 40 years than in the years from 1950 (used in the article), and also the lack of vacation and personal leave the rest of wealthy nations provide their workers. A good point that could have been made is that the lack of worker participation in the profits from greater productivity started in the 1970s when elections moved from almost free public appearances to negative "attack" ads on tv, at great cost, which the workers did not or could not compete in, so both parties abandoned labor and went after those with big money. As Sen. Bob Dole said, there are no lobbyists on Capitol Hill for poor people, and it is the lobbyists that buy the elections. In fact in 2000 a major supporter of pending legislation which would increase the H-1B quota, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), said, "This is not a popular bill with the public. It's popular with the CEOs . . . This is a very important issue for the high-tech executives who give the money." Davis re-elected twice after that, and neither opponent even mentioned his reference to what looks like bribery, nor did they deny they would do the same thing. A good article on a subject that US media do not address.

This is part of the reason why people are so anti-immigrant now. At least the H-1B immigrants have documentation, but they are used even when there are skilled workers available here in USA (or so I've heard from IT people who found themselves replaced by H-1B workers). The undocumented workers are used as part of an anti-union scam by the big employers. They are victims just as much as the documented workers and are used as scabs to weaken unions and disregard labor laws. Nobody is going to demand equal pay or access to the Fair Labor laws if "the man" says shut up or you will be deported. And documented workers are told to shut up or they will be replaced with undocumented workers at half the cost. It is no surprise that the government has done little to stop the import and exploitation of undocumented workers - it keeps the scam going and has actually lowered labor costs in the US for the big employers. Even better, talk radio and other propaganda outlets keep the workers fighting each other instead of banding together against the exploiters. US unions will always be weak as a result.